Last week, we were hanging out with <a fr-original-style="" href="https://instagram.com/ceylanipekel?igshid=YWJhMjlhZTc=" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Ceylan</a> (İpek El), the co-owner of <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.instagram.com/minimuzikhol/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">MiniMuzikhol</a>, which dominates Istanbul’s underground club culture. We talked over what's going on in Istanbul's music scene. What awaits Mini? And where did Tokyo come from? Are you wondering? We are the same.<h2 dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">ID, Ceylan İpek El</h2><ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">My nickname is:&nbsp;ippiki (Japanese for a small animal, a small cat in my case)</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I have recently discovered in Istanbul that: It is possible to dance under the Bosphorus. As above, so below.</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I live in:&nbsp;Istanbul but in my heart, I’m from Japan.</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">I’ll dance at:&nbsp;Ruby Room Tokyo while I am listening to Tutan this winter.&nbsp;</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Only a true dancer-Istanbulite would know that:&nbsp;Dance does not end with sunrise, it only signals the start of act two; the overarching plot where all characters come into play.</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">According to me, the top five unforgettable performances in Istanbul are:&nbsp;<ol fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Antal at MiniMüzikhol (May 17, 2019)&nbsp;</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Isolée (live) // Tutan at MiniMüzikhol (January 19, 2018)</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Carista // Dj Tennis at MiniMüzikhol (February 16, 2019)</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Minifesto: Ricardo Villalobos at Volkswagen Arena (September 14, 2019)</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Minifesto: One Night in Berlin // Katerblau at Zorlu PSM (March 2, 2019)</li></ol></li></ul><h2 fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">ID, MiniMüzikhol</h2>My nickname is: MiniMy first performance was:&nbsp;Time and Space Machine aka Richard Norris (2009)My first legendary performance/night was:&nbsp;Ricardo Villalobos (2010)You’ll listen to:&nbsp;Hunee, Antal, Young Marco, Toy Tonics, Lauren Lo Sung, Aroop, Séxstasy this season.&nbsp;Only a true Mini-regular would know:&nbsp;'It'll be all right on the night.' <h2 dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-weight: 500; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">SHOOT THE BREEZE</h2>What has MiniMüzikhol represented and continues to represent in the Istanbul underground music scene?&nbsp;If a pioneer is a person or a collective who's the first to do something then MiniMüzikhol is the pioneer of nightlife and electronic music in Istanbul, Turkey.The team behind MiniMüzikhol has been the underground stalwart for electronic music and has played a formative role in putting Istanbul's electronic scene on the world map. Not many long-standing locations in Istanbul have created their own identities, created a culture and shaped their audience, making Mini the longest-standing underground club in Istanbul.Why are people still at Mini after 10 years? What does it mean to create an underground club culture and community in Istanbul?&nbsp;It is enough to be creative, responsible and cheerful. When you add consistency and commitment to this, it is impossible not to get a response. The place they feel they belong must have a soul and character beyond the physical space. And this needs to have a real and stable life. When you are able to implement all of these despite the difficult times, you are rewarded by marvellous people.What are the next 10 years of MiniMüzikhol?&nbsp;Before the end of this year, we are preparing to present a unique perspective on the developing mutation of the city with Löpçük.org creator Erman Akçay.&nbsp;I am leaving here for the first time the catalogue of the exhibition, which we will open in the last week of this month, where we will host many local and foreign artists:<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Erman Akçay - Nils Bertho - Pakito Bolino - Ezgi Irem 'E333' Mutlu - Yves Hanggi - Anne Van Der Linden - Zeynep Mar - Dave de Mille - Sam Rictus - Ben Sanair - Zigendemonic</li></ul>How will her Tokyo sister feed her Cihangir-local Mini?&nbsp;As for our Tokyo adventure... It all started with a common interest where our lives merged with my MiniMüzikhol partner and comrade Dj Tutan. We want to build a bridge from here to our country and make breakthroughs in both trade and tourism. We are working to see a future when we open our second branch in Tokyo, where we organise festivals here.'Do you want to do this in one of the most difficult times in the history of the world economy and politics?' you may ask. According to an Asian saying;'虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず''Koketsu ni irazunba koji o ezu''You can't catch a cub unless you go into the tiger's den.'

Aposto Istanbul

On Istanbul’s music scene and more with the co-owner of MiniMüzikhol Ceylan İpek El.

Ceylan İpek El & MiniMüzikhol

<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The mornings start in the new generation coffee shops around Firuzağa Mosque. But the real neighbourhood residents sit at the tables of the Firuzağa Mosque and order Turkish coffee and/or soda.</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mini pizzas, fringy canapes, and mille-feuille from <a fr-original-style="" href="https://instagram.com/savoypastanesi?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Tarihî Savoy Pastanesi</a>,</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">24/7 nights, colours, human voices. The night doesn't end here (hopefully not at Taksim Training and Research Hospital either).</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The garden of the former German Hospital, now Kent University.&nbsp;Just pick up a book and spend the day.</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://instagram.com/savoypastanesi?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Galaktion</a>.&nbsp;Every afternoon I can sit there and eat Georgian food.</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Purchases made from <a fr-original-style="" href="https://instagram.com/antregourmet?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">La Cave</a> and <a fr-original-style="" href="https://instagram.com/antregourmet?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Antre Gourmet</a>.&nbsp;Because sometimes you just have to indulge yourself and your friends.</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Walking along Meşelik Street, looking at the Aya Triada Greek Orthodox Church,</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Going into Selvi Restaurant and having a chat with the shopkeepers. One day while having soup here, I heard the news of Kurt Cobain's death from the shopkeepers. They heard it from the musicians coming out of Kemancı at night. At our tables, we all looked at each other and were silent for a long time. Maybe this was the first legendary death news our generation received.&nbsp;</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Ottoman cemeteries you came across on your way down to Firuzağa Square,</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://instagram.com/kikisiraselviler?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Kiki</a>&nbsp;for music, <a fr-original-style="" href="https://instagram.com/minimuzikhol?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Mini Müzikhol</a>&nbsp;for dancing,</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The sunsets on terrace of <a fr-original-style="" href="https://instagram.com/themarmarataksim?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">The Marmara</a>, the sunrises at&nbsp;Taksim Square,</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">When I want to be tranquil, on the terrace of the TMMOB Chamber of Mechanical Engineers on İpek Street,</li></ul><img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/8/4/1664458309508.jpeg" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="0.67" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Are you ready to get lost in the second-hand books smell?<hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;"><ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Browsing books in the bookshops around Sainte Pulchérie High School,</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">A friend holding my hand while trying to climb the Kazancı Slope without falling down.</li></ul>

Soli

A neighborhood that is batted step by step and stops where a different discovery is hidden at each point.

Indispensables hangouts of Sıraselviler

<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Firuzağa Camii etrafındaki kahvecilerde başlayan sabahların. Ama asıl mahalleli Firuzağa Camii’nin masalarına kurulup Türk kahvesi ve/veya soda sipariş eder.</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://instagram.com/savoypastanesi?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Tarihî Savoy Pastanesi</a>’nin mini pizzalarının, saçaklısının ve milföyünün,</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sabaha bağlanan gecelerin, renklerin ve seslerin.&nbsp;Burada gece bitmez (ya da umarım Taksim İlkyardım’da bitmez.)</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Eski Alman Hastanesi yeni Kent Üniversitesi’nin içinden arka sokaklara bağlanmanın,</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://instagram.com/cafegalaktion?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Galaktion</a>’un.&nbsp;Her öğlen masalarında oturup farklı bir Gürcü yemeği yiyebilir, terasından manzara seyredebilirim.&nbsp;</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://instagram.com/lacave_winebar?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">La Cave</a>&nbsp;ve&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://instagram.com/antregourmet?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Antre Gourme</a>'den yapılan şarküteri ve meze alışverişlerin. Çünkü bazen kendinizi ve dostlarınızı şımartmanız gerekiyor.</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Aya Triada Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi’nin bahçesinin. Tam kitabını açıp bütün günü geçirmek için.</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Selvi Lokantası’na girip esnafla sohbet etmenin.&nbsp;Burda yine bir gün çorba içerken Kurt Cobain’in ölüm haberini esnaftan almıştım. Onlar da gece Kemancı’dan çıkan müzisyenlerden duymuş. Birkaç masa birbirimize bakıp uzunca susmuştuk. Bizim kuşağın aldığı ilk efsanevi ölüm haberi belki de buydu.&nbsp;</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Firuzağa Meydanı’na inen yürüyüş rotasında karşına çıkan Osmanlı döneminden kalma mezartaşlarının,</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Müzik dinlemeye <a fr-original-style="" href="https://instagram.com/minimuzikhol?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Kiki</a>’ye, dansa <a fr-original-style="" href="https://instagram.com/minimuzikhol?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Mini Müzikhol</a>’e gitmenin,</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://instagram.com/themarmarataksim?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">The Marmara</a>'nın&nbsp;terasında izlenen gün batımlarının, Taksim Meydanı’ndaki gün doğumlarının,</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sessiz sakin kalmak isteyince İpek Sokak’ta TMMOB Makine Mühendisleri Odası’nın terasının,</li></ul><img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/8/4/1664455335255.jpeg" style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" width="550" ratio="0.67" fr-original-style="display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">En güzel sahaflar vitrinlerini kitapla kaplayanlardır.<hr fr-original-style="" style="height: 0px; overflow: visible; border-bottom: none; clear: both; user-select: none; break-after: page; box-sizing: border-box;"><ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kitap karıştırmaya Sainte Pulchérie Lisesi etrafındaki sahafların,</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kazancı Yokuşu'ndan düşmeden yürümeye çalışırken bir dostun elimi tutmasının.</li></ul>

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